Cracked #76

(May 1969)

Major Publications, 1958 Series

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Price: 0.35 USD
Pages: 52
Indicia Frequency: monthly except February, April, June and December
On-sale Date: 1969
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Major Magazines Inc.

Editing: Robert Sproul (credited) (editor, publisher); Arlene Newman (assistant editor)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: John Severin (signed)
Inks: John Severin (signed)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: humor
Characters: Sylvester P. Smythe

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table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: various
Inks: various
Letters: typeset

Indexer Notes

Credits as printed on this page - Artists: John Severin, Charlie Rodrigues, Tony Tallarico, Johnny Langton, Bill Ward, Lugoze, Vic Martin. Writers: George Gladir, Paul Laikin, Joe Kiernan, Dave Carter.

Letters / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: various
Inks: various
Letters: typeset

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Inks: John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #103 (September 1972)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
Inks: Bill Ward (signed as McCartney)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Cracked Collectors' Edition (Globe Communications, 1985 series) #78 (April 1989)

Story of the Month / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: John Severin
Inks: John Severin
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whoa, Bessie, now stop that!

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #27 (November 1962)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Lugoze (signed as Lugoze)
Inks: Lugoze (signed as Lugoze)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

The baby album for the titular character in 'Rosemary's Baby.'

Reprints

in King-Sized Cracked (Major Publications, 1967 series) #8 (1974)
in Cracked Collectors' Edition (Major Publications, 1973 series) #[49] (September 1982)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Charlie Rodrigues (signed)
Inks: Charlie Rodrigues (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

Chickens finally provide some answers as to why they cross the road.

Reprints

in Half-Cracked (Dell, 1974 series) #3377 (April 1974)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Inks: Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #98 (January 1972)
in Super Cracked (Globe Communications, 1987 series) #6 (Winter 1992)

photo story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: ? (photographs)
Inks: ? (photographs)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Giant Cracked (Major Publications, 1965 series) #17 (July 1978)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Inks: John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Inks: Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in King-Sized Cracked (Major Publications, 1967 series) #8 (1974)
in Cracked Blockbuster (Globe Communications, 1988 series) #3 (Summer 1989)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: John Severin (signed)
Inks: John Severin (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

A British detective film requires subtitles for American audiences due to the excessive accents and slang.

Reprints

from Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #5 (October 1958)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: John Severin (sourced)
Inks: John Severin (sourced)
Letters: ?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in King-Sized Cracked (Major Publications, 1967 series) #8 (1974)
in Super Cracked (Globe Communications, 1985 series) #32 (Fall 1986)

Indexer Notes

Parodies of Batman, Little Orphan Annie, Superman, Mary Worth, Mandrake, Steve Canyon and Tarzan.

Hudd and Dini / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Pencils: Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Inks: Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Hudd (first appearance); Dini (first appearance)

Synopsis

Hudd and Dini tunnel out of prison but the prison guard has painted a wall to look like a landscape. The duo run into the wall, knocking themselves unconscious.

Reprints

in Cracked Collectors' Edition (Globe Communications, 1985 series) #66 (May 1986)

Indexer Notes

First Hudd & Dini story.

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Tony Tallarico (sourced)
Inks: Tony Tallarico (sourced)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in King-Sized Cracked (Major Publications, 1967 series) #8 (1974)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: John Langton (signed)
Inks: John Langton (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Bill Ward
Inks: Bill Ward
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

in Cracked (Major Publications, 1958 series) #98 (January 1972)
in King-Sized Cracked (Major Publications, 1967 series) #8 (1974)
in Cracked Up (Dell, 1974 series) (June 1974)
in Super Cracked (Major Publications, 1968 series) #24 (Fall 1984)
in Cracked (Globe Communications, 1985 series) #223 (October 1986)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Inks: John Severin (signed as SEVERIN)
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody

Shut-Ups / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Charlie Rodrigues (signed)
Inks: Charlie Rodrigues (signed)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let's try a martini now!

Genre

humor

Reprints

in Cracked Shut-Ups (Major Publications, 1971 series) #1 (1971)

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. Contents
2. [no title indexed]
Letters
3. When Other TV Shows Copy the Rowan & Martin Comedy Format
4. Guess Who...?
5. ["Whoa, Bessie, now stop that!"]
Story of the Month
6. Rosemary's Baby
7. Why Does a Chicken Cross the Road?
8. The Completely Rebuilt Person
9. A Kook Looks at Sports
10. Cautionary Labels for Teenage Products
11. Cracked Looks at Fishing
12. 'Enry 'Iggins of Scotland Yard
13. The Day Comic Strip Characters Got Up on the Wrong Side of Bed
14. [Tunneling into Painting]
Hudd and Dini
15. The Cracked Travel Primer
16. New Prizes for Breakfast Cereals
17. Cracked Looks at Dating
18. Celebrity Cookbooks
19. ["Let's try a martini now!"]
Shut-Ups

This issue was modified by, among others

Nick Caputo
Bill Devine
Michael Hoskin
Donald Dale Milne

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Cracked #76 (May 1969)

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cover / 1 page (report information)

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Letters / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

When Other TV Shows Copy the Rowan & Martin Comedy Format (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Guess Who...? (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Story of the Month / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Rosemary's Baby (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Why Does a Chicken Cross the Road? (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

The Completely Rebuilt Person (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

A Kook Looks at Sports (Table of Contents: 9)

photo story / 2 pages (report information)

Cautionary Labels for Teenage Products (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Cracked Looks at Fishing (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

'Enry 'Iggins of Scotland Yard (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

The Day Comic Strip Characters Got Up on the Wrong Side of Bed (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

[Tunneling into Painting] (Table of Contents: 14)

Hudd and Dini / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Cracked Travel Primer (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

New Prizes for Breakfast Cereals (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Cracked Looks at Dating (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Celebrity Cookbooks (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Shut-Ups / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Cracked #76

(May 1969)